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Subj: Re: EZNEC Ver3 Automatic Save
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** FROM : Roy Lewallen <w7el@eznec.com>
Chuck Olson wrote:
> I have found that there is no such thing as "automatic save" unless you are
> in LAST.EZ. If you want to take an existing named file and improve it - -
> okay click on the file and work on the wires, transmission lines and
> source tabulations, but be sure to SAVE AS and choose the same
> filename and just replace it. If you don't, the file won't get updated. I
> learned this after assuming opening a filename meant anything I would do
> would be placed under that filename - - like it would if you were in WORD,
> but no, it's not saved, and if you open another filename, the work you did
> will be lost - - in my case, all 32 wires, 21 transmission lines and 2
> sources to enter data for 2 designs - - and you'll have to do all of it
> over
> again. I even printed out the description of the file - - it was all
> there - - but the next time I went to look at it, it was back to the
> previous file that the new design had been started with - - no update!
>
> Roy, you may or you may not fix this - - I guess it's been this way for a
> long time - - so you probably have your reasons. It's just that it's not
> like WORD, and I feel WORD is a preferable model. Of course once you know
> about the problem, I guess it's not a problem - - until you forget and lose
> your work - - so I'm lighting the candle. I have never lost an update to a
> WORD document. (You are prompted to save it, if any change has taken
> place).
Beginning with version 4.0, introduced more than 5 years ago, EZNEC
prompts you when you end the program or open a new file, asking whether
you want to save the current one, if the description has changed since
opening the file.
I won't be making any more changes to v. 3.0.
Roy Lewallen, W7EL
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